Charaxes montis is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, south-western Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi. The habitat consists of montane forests.
The larvae feed on Albizia gummifera.
Taxonomy
Described as a subspecies of Charaxes dilutus, later regarded as a full species by Victor Van Someren.
Similar species
Charaxes subornatus is in the Charaxes eupale species group (clade). The clade members are:
Charaxes subornatus
Charaxes eupale
Charaxes dilutus
Charaxes montis
Charaxes minor
Charaxes schiltzei
Charaxes schultzei
Charaxes virescens
Bouyer et al., 2008 erected the genus Viridixes Bouyer & Vingerhoedt, 2008 to accommodate species belonging to the eupale species group.
Realm
Afrotropical realm
References
Victor Gurney Logan Van Someren, 1974 Revisional notes on African Charaxes (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Part IX. Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Entomology) 29 (8):415-487. Bouyer, T., Zakharov, E., Rougerie, R. & Vingerhoedt, E. (2008): Les Charaxes du groupe eupale : description d’un nouveau genre, révision et approche génétique (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Charaxinae) Entomologica Africana Hors Série 3:1-32.
External links
African Charaxes/Charaxes Africains Eric Vingerhoedt images of eupale group
Images of C. montis Royal Museum for Central Africa (Albertine Rift Project) Charaxes montis images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life